Timing of urgent laparoscopic cholecystectomy does not influence conversion rate

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 601-604

  Knight, J S ^a   Mercer, S J ^a   Somers, S S ^a   Walters, A M ^a   Sadek, S A ^a   Toh, S K C ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMMON BILE DUCT DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY, LAPAROSCOPIC; CHOLELITHIASIS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 2442428092     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.4539     Document Type: Conference Paper

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